After the confrontation, the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry led by Lu Bu was quite good, and they were able to break up the opponent's small group of fifty cavalry head-on.
But the cavalry led by Gao Shun and Zhang Xiu seemed to be caught off guard, and their formation was in chaos.
Lu Bu looked at the tiger and leopard cavalry attentively. Yes, they were extremely powerful. The horse's speed did not slow down even under heavy load. It was indeed an elite horse.
It was true that they were elite, but Cao Cao seemed a little arrogant when he wanted to rely on these five hundred people to block him.
"rush!"
Lu Bu gave the order and the cavalry charged again.
The difference was that this time the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry started running wildly in the opposite direction.
Their war horses are the best horses in a thousand. Both their endurance and speed are superior to ordinary war horses. Except for the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, the other war horses cannot pursue them at all.
In an instant, Lu Bu understood that the other party did not want to fight at all, but just wanted to contain him.
"Boping! Ziwen! Take your people and continue to hunt down Cao's thieves. I'll stop them!"
"Here!"
Lu Bu led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in pursuit, while Cao Chun led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in front to escape. The speeds of the two sides were quite different, and it was obviously impossible to cut them down.
At this time, Lu Bu missed the predecessor of Bingzhou Langqi.
When this cavalry was formed, it was the same as the White Horse Yi Cong. They were all about riding and shooting.
Because when dealing with barbarians on the frontier, it is always easy to be led around corners by the opponent's speed advantage without using mounted archers.
But later in the Central Plains, the role of mounted archery was not as great as that of close combat.
Especially in the flat plains, when cavalry rushes into formation, raids and kills, and breaks up the rear, spears are better than bows and arrows.
As Gao Shun and Zhang Xiu continued their pursuit with their cavalry, Cao Chun knew that there was nothing he could do about it, but it was already the best outcome.
Because the endurance of their war cavalry was far inferior to that of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry led by Lu Bu, the pursuit distance was limited.
As long as he can hold back Lu Bu's cavalry, it is already very good, and the military order given by Cao Cao is indeed to hold back Lu Bu's Bingzhou cavalry.
He was playing a game of cat and mouse with Lu Bu on the open grass, feeling quite proud.
The speed of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry makes it difficult for ordinary people to catch up. If they really catch up, they may not dare to kill them alone. With the elite level of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, even the most powerful generals like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will die if they are surrounded. danger.
It is precisely because of this configuration that the tactics of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry have become flexible and diverse.
But he seemed to have forgotten one thing. Lu Bu was riding a red rabbit horse. If he wanted to, he could catch up in a moment.
And for a strongman like Lu Bu who was accustomed to being beaten by groups, the last thing he feared was being surrounded.
Lu Bu turned to Sima, who was riding a wolf in Bingzhou, and shouted, "Take the men and continue chasing!"
After saying these words, he rode his horse to the edge. With the speed of the red rabbit horse, he ran in front of the tiger and leopard rider, and Fang Tian swept his halberd backwards.
Cao Chun was frightened by the sudden halberd shadow and quickly raised his gun to block it.
There was a clang collision, and after the weapons were staggered, the spear in his hand was still buzzing, as if he couldn't hold it firmly. When he lowered his head, he saw that the tiger's mouth had cracked open and blood was gurgling out.
Without hesitation, he ordered a siege, and Fang Tian's painted halberd swept over. Cao Chun leaned back almost instinctively, and with a move, the iron bridge lay flat on the horse's back, and the cold light passed by.
The two soldiers behind him fired their bows from left and right, heading straight towards Lu Bu. However, they used a move of Canglong Dapeng to blow the wind, and both guns were deflected.
Immediately afterwards, Fang Tian's painted halberd did not stop. Lu Bu held it with one hand and spun it around in a circle, just in time to sweep past Cao Chun who was standing up from the horse.
A big head was thrown away, and pillars of blood spurted out from the broken half of the body sitting on the horse.
Lu Bu took advantage of the situation and held Fang Tian's painted halberd firmly, and was about to surround him with the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.
The tiger and leopard cavalry were like a rushing water, splitting in two from Cao Chun's body and flowing around.
Cao Chun's death slowed their speed, and when Lu Bu pursued him personally, a team leader shouted: "Do as the general said before he died!"
Obviously, Cao Chun seemed to have foreseen his fate and made an explanation of what happened after his death. These Tiger and Leopard Cavalry did not change their strategy because of the death of their coach in front of the formation, and still followed the harassment tactics.
Lu Bu led the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in pursuit, and they ran away. When Lu Bu wanted to join Gao Shun and the others, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry caught up again.
Although with his speed advantage, Lu Bu could indeed bring down some tiger and leopard cavalry, but with an army of 500 people, it was still a drop in the bucket.
Finally, after several harassments, Lu Bu completely lost his patience and shouted: "Behead these beasts!"
He just couldn't care about Cao Cao anymore and had to kill these tiger and leopard riders to vent his anger.
After a night of pursuit, just as Cao Cao expected, Gao Shun and Zhang Xiu's pursuit came to an abrupt end before dawn.
Their horses could not withstand running all night long.
But after that night, there were less than 3,000 people left around Cao Cao.
After running to a forest, the soldiers finally couldn't bear it anymore and lay down unsteadily, gasping for air. Some even vomited due to running wildly.
The most pitiable thing was the war horses. Except for the tiger and leopard cavalry guarding Cao Cao, which were able to hold on, many of the ordinary cavalry horses fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth and died.
"Sikong, please rest for a while, let alone the people, the horses can't hold on anymore." Xiahou Dun requested breathlessly.
Cao Cao looked around and nodded helplessly, "Take a rest for a while."
After all, not everyone in the army has Huang Feidian, so Cao Cao had no choice but to let everyone rest first.
Cheng Yu on the side came over with a water bag, and Cao Cao ignored Sikong's arrogance and started drinking it in big gulps.
"You Lin Mo, you are so kind."
Cao Cao drank a large amount of water, breathed a long sigh of relief, and was still able to smile. He traced the corners of his mouth bitterly and continued: "This boy, this boy is really impeccable in his actions."
Guo Jia on the side also lay flat on the ground regardless of his appearance, having no strength to respond to Cao Cao.
But Cheng Yu couldn't help but sigh and said: "Yes, what he did last night was equivalent to putting Liu Bei on the fire. If this matter gets spread, no one will dare to form an alliance with Lu Bu in the future."
Cao Cao smiled and shook his head. He put a hand on Cheng Yu's shoulder and said, "You're short-sighted. This kid is awake. He sent those poisonous grains and grass just to silence everyone.
In the future, he can say, if he really wanted to harm you Liu Bei, he would not have helped you burn Cao's army in Anfeng County in the first place. We were late because something happened before we sent out the troops. The horses went crazy and the camp was lost. fire.
How did we know that Cao Cao had an ambush?
So, when we arrive to avenge you Liu Bei, we will chase Cao Cao all night long."
Cheng Yu suppressed his eyes and nodded, yes, with the situation that helped him burn before, no matter what he said next, he would just stick to his own opinions.
This kid's calculations are really far-reaching.
"Let's go!"
After a while, Cao Cao mounted his horse again and shouted to everyone to set off.
After starting again, the speed was not so urgent.
The guys walked slowly, thinking that there would be no danger ahead.
After all, he, Lu Bu, only had a few men and horses. Stopping the cavalry would resolve the crisis of pursuit.
only
Cao Cao, who was sitting on the Zhuhuang Feidian, thought of Cao Chun who had not come back for a long time, and had a bad feeling in his heart.
Not everyone can stop Lu Bu.
It was not the time to be sad now, so he could only calm down and stop himself from thinking about it.
As long as we return to Xuchang, everything will be fine.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Halfway through, Cao Cao suddenly couldn't help laughing.
The soldiers looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what had happened.
Cheng Yu and Guo Jia, who were following behind, looked at each other and wondered, "Why is Sikong laughing?"
Cao Cao held the riding whip and raised his surroundings, and sneered: "I don't laugh at anyone else, I only laugh at Lin Mo Wumou. Look at this place. The mountains on both sides are lofty. If I use troops, I will ambush a group of people here first. You say What will happen?”
Everyone was suddenly enlightened, with expressions of sudden realization on their faces, and nodded repeatedly.
Before they could flatter them, a hail of arrows came from the hills on both sides, shooting down hundreds of people immediately.
"Hahaha! Thief Cao, I am Wei Xu, the general under Marquis Wen. My nephew Yunwen asked me to wait for you here for a long time. Kill him!"
Wei Xu dragged his sword and rushed from the bottom of the mountain. The officers and soldiers of the Lu army on both sides of the hills rushed down like a mountain torrent.
"Zhong Kang protect Sikong and run!"
After Xiahou Dunhu shouted, he raised his gun and rushed towards Wei Xu.
At this time, of course he didn't expect to kill Wei Xu, it would be good if he could hold him back.
Cao Cao led the remaining soldiers and ran all the way from the middle passage. Fortunately, the post road here was wide enough. Although it could barely be called a line of terrain, there were no obstacles in front and Lu Jun could not stop it.
Fortunately, all the cavalry were transferred to the front line, and the group of them received Lin Mo's letter temporarily, so running here on foot to ambush them was a considerable loss of energy.
After encountering several rounds of attacks by five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry led by Xiahou Dun, they did not dare to pursue too aggressively and could only shoot arrows from a distance.
Even so, the ambush and pursuit left thousands of Cao's troops dead.
For Wei Xu, he was satisfied.
It was originally the task of garrisoning Yangyuan, but he had earned these merits in vain, so how could he not be happy.
Finally getting rid of Wei Xu's pursuit, everyone in Cao's army was blushing like blood and out of breath.
Some people even choose to lie down, preferring to be killed rather than die from exhaustion.
"stand up!"
Cao Cao wanted to scold him when he saw this, but felt that it was understandable, and finally shouted: "After passing the mountain valley in front, we will reach the border of Runan. I have ordered the horse to send a message and asked them to prepare wine and meat. Hurry, rush over!"
I used this trick when fighting Zhang Xiu, looking at the plum blossoms to quench his thirst.
Pancakes still have to be painted sometimes.
As soon as they heard that there was meat and wine, the tired and thirsty soldiers of Cao's army took a strong breath and followed them again.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Cao Cao burst into laughter for the second time.
Cheng Yu, who was almost out of breath, was speechless, "Sikong, why are you laughing again?"
Cao Cao raised his head proudly and said disdainfully: "I laugh at Lin Mo's ignorance. You see, this place is a mountain depression, with hills to the east and water to the west. If there is an ambush of soldiers and horses on the ground."
"Huh?" Cao Cao did not forget to look around at everyone and raised his eyebrows in a provocative manner.
"Cao Cao!"
Just when Cao Cao was secretly proud, a voice came from the hills, "If I were you, I would not take the post road, but take the small road. The so-called art of war is all about the false, the true and the correct. You can never let your opponent guess what you are thinking.
Shoot the arrow quickly! Shoot the arrow quickly! "
Zhang Liao found that the other party was trying to run away before he even finished his lecture, which was a blessing.
Arrows rained down from the hills, and Cao Jun who was about to rush through the main road was shot down one after another.
Zhang Liao led eight hundred personal guards to rush down and formed an array at the entrance.
These eight hundred people looked like just ordinary infantry, at least they were dressed the same.
They followed Zhang Liao and rushed towards Cao Cao.
"The future will open the way!" Yu Jin shouted and stepped forward with his knife.
"Wen Ze, I'm going with you!" Le Jin also rushed forward with a gun.
Zhang Liao waved his hook and sickle and slashed at the two of them with a cloud-turning slash.
Yu Jin and Le Jin stood in front of Zhang Liao with swords and guns, hoping to put their strength to the test.
If history does not change, these three people are all Cao Cao's five good generals. At this time, one against two, they should have the upper hand.
But after the bloody battle with Lu Bu in the camp, they ran wildly all night again. Wherever they had any strength left, Zhang Liao forcefully pushed both of their weapons to the ground.
"Quick, rush over!" Seeing this, Cao Cao immediately ordered the tiger and leopard riders to clear the way, hoping to break through head-on.
Perhaps the distance was too close, or perhaps they had been running wildly all night. Even the tiger and leopard riders were tired, and their speed was no longer as fast as the wind at first.
After rushing past the three generals, he pointed directly at the eight hundred personal guards.
The eight hundred infantrymen had a tacit understanding. They first retreated to block the lance of the tiger and leopard cavalry. When the time was right, they would form a group of three, with one person stepping on the knees of the other two, leaping up, hugging the tiger and leopard cavalry, and then flipping over. Rolling on the ground, the person responsible for responding immediately chopped him over with a sharp knife.
After a round of charge, more than thirty cavalrymen were cut down in this way.
"Sikong, the tiger and leopard cavalry can't keep up. I'll lead you to break through. I don't care about anything else!" Xu Chu grabbed the reins of Huang Feidian and rushed forward.
The eight hundred personal guards tried to stop him, but the five who moved forward were all swept away by the iron sword, and the powerful impact knocked them away.
After tearing a hole, Cao Cao shouted: "Retreat, retreat!" He wanted to stop the tiger and leopard cavalry from continuing to charge into the formation.
The number of people who can escape now is counted. If anyone cannot escape, his life will be ruined.
They had already been washed away by arrows for several rounds, and Zhang Liao led people to block the way. Many people fell to this charge.
Zhang Liao had a big appetite and was not interested in the fleeing sergeants around him. He wanted to attack Cao Cao several times, but was blocked by Yu Jin and Le Jin.
In anger, he simply shouted regardless: "Get these two thieves!"
A group of guards heard the sound and moved to surround them. Seeing this, Le Jin shouted: "Wen Ze, leave quickly, I will stop this beast!"
But seeing that Cao Cao and the others had disappeared, seeing the fighting power of these personal guards, and the years of friendship between the two men, Le Jin, who had always been fearless about life and death, wanted to use his own efforts to keep him in prison.
"Thanks a lot, brother!"
When he felt abandoned, Yu Jin's words gave Yu Jin the idea to protect him. After opening his hook and sickle with his long knife, he took advantage of a group of guards to surround him and headed towards Le Jin's horse. A hard kick.
The frightened horses galloped away.
"Wen Ze!"
"Leave me alone!" Yu Jin was happy and undaunted, even though he was tired and in pain as if his muscles were torn, he still clung to Zhang Liao.
Finally, Le Jin looked back again and again and disappeared among the forest leaves.
In the huge valley, apart from the corpses all over the ground, only Xia Yujin could only resist in the corner.
At this moment, he felt that he had no strength anymore, and was knocked away by the collision between the long knife and the hook sickle.
"Take him back!" Zhang Liao was so angry that his back teeth were almost broken. He originally wanted to capture Cao Cao, but he only captured a general.
I don’t know if Wei Xu has any military exploits, especially if I am the last one.
(End of chapter)
